Insulation Type Disadvantages Rockwool batts and blankets Not widely available. Retains moisture. Cotton batts Not widely available. Pricier than other batts.
Loose-fill fiberglass Loose application may cause it to lose up to half of its effectiveness. Requires a special machine for installation. Can be difficult to install in some spaces.
May require additional work, like drywall and framing. Can settle over time, reducing effectiveness.
Polystyrene structural insulated panels Must be cut to fit around pipes, outlets, etc. Insects and pests can tunnel through. Air-tight — may need fresh-air ventilation to meet safety and building codes. Polyisocyanurate structural insulated panels Expensive Foil is a moisture barrier, should not be used where there is already a moisture barrier What Is Fiberglass Insulation?
Most older homes were built with 2x4 studs. A stud is a vertical framing piece in a wall. For these, use R insulation. Some newer homes built in the last years were built with 2x6 studs. These require R insulation. Use R thick insulation for the ceiling. We recommend buying an extra unit of insulation.
Use this to find one that works for you. Expanding foam comes in a low-expanding and high-expanding form. The kind you buy will depend on how big the spaces in your wall are. Drywall: The same measuring technique and purchasing recommendation as insulation applies. Gloves and long sleeves: Fiberglass can irritate your skin. We suggest wearing gloves and clothing for protection.
Wood: This will be used as a guide on top of the insulation to make it easier to cut it down to the right size. Staple gun and staples: These will be used to staple the insulation into place. Consider renting a residential dumpster to toss it away. Make sure to clear up any dirt and clear out the stud cavities. Look for mold and clean up any chemicals in the garage, like gasoline or fertilizer.
Find your nearest hazardous waste collection center to safely dispose of these materials. What do you think? Related Articles. For me, I found that mesh tape was harder to cover up with mud. Because the fibers of the mesh are thicker than the paper tape, I used more coats of joint compound and had to spread the mud out farther to hide the joint. Some of those are going to be too big to just fill with drywall joint compound by itself. To be honest, this gap was probably small enough to use paper tape, but there were some areas of the wall that definitely needed the mesh.
Once the mesh is over the gap, you can stuff joint compound in the gap through the mesh. The mesh will hold it in place and allow the joint compound to set correctly. Let it dry overnight and then you can fill and sand as you would any other joint. You could get away with only one coat, but the amount of extra mud it takes to cover them again is minimal.
Use a fairly heavy pressure to scrape off any excess, then let it dry. You should be able to cover the all of the screws on the wall in around thirty minutes or so. Nail this step and your wall will be as flat as a racetrack. Mess it up and your wall will have more speed bumps than an elementary school zone.
There are two types of joins, flat joints and butt joints. The main difference between the two is how the two drywall sheets fit together. Skip to in the video below to see what a flat joint looks like. They fit right up against each other. Drywalling takes practice. After this project, I have a lot of respect for the tradesman who do this for a living. This picture shows one of the first joints I did.
This is one of the reasons why they recommend to let the joints dry overnight to allow these bubbles and imperfections to show up. When I saw the first bubble in my wall, I freaked out. Thankfully all you need to do is to cut out the bubbled section with your utility knife and replace that section. This is where I will be making the incision to cut out the bubbled drywall tape. Just be sure to put enough drywall mud underneath the tape this time. Sanding and smoothing drywall sucks — especially if you were sloppy with feathering out the initial edges of your seams like I was in some places.
Definitely move your car to the driveway for a few days while you finish up. This part is all about small fixes. Pace the knife directly over the seam at various points and look for any gaps that need to be built up or any places where the knife rocks from side to side. Skip to of this video to see exactly what I mean. If you find a spot where the knife is flat against the wall, but you can see light in between the wall and the knife, you just need to keep adding mud until the gap disappears.
Another useful test is to close your eyes and run your fingertips along the wall to feel for any imperfections. A skim coat is a light coat of drywall that adds a very thin, final layer of drywall to give a consistent surface to paint on. Bare drywall is more porous than joint compound, so paint will adhere to the surface a little differently.
More on that in the next section. Finishing the drywall was the hardest part of this project and I was really glad to have it over and done with. That should take a few hours, including drying time. I think a smooth wall has a sleek, cleaner appearance. However, the wall between my garage and my kitchen was already drywalled and textured. To make things easier, I opted to add the texture to the new walls to match the old one.
No big revelations in this section. I like Homax spray texture link to Amazon because you can configure it with a bunch of different settings to get a heavy or light texture. Before you start, take a few minutes to lay down some plastic tarps or old towels to protect the floor against over-spray.
Grab a can of the texture and some crap cardboard so you can test the settings and get used to how the spray comes out. Make your mistakes here without risking the finish on your brand new wall. Primer takes approximately 30 minutes to one hour to dry to the touch, but leave about three hours before you paint over it.
If you need to make adjustments to your orange-peel texture, do it after your first coat of primer. Use a very light amount of pressure. You only want to take off the peaks in the texture, not huge chunks of it. This process should only take a couple of minutes at most. Homeowners and Do-It-Yourselfers argue whether to use interior or exterior paint for your garage.
The short version is that you want to use interior paint never exterior paint! I recommend using two coats of paint on the wall just to make sure that you have a nice, even finish. Just be sure to let each cost fully dry before starting on the next coat. It had some rough spots and there were some mistakes along the way. From here, my next steps are to mount the cabinets and then to add some custom flooring.
When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, all I ever saw were asphalt driveways. It wasn't until I came to Florida that I saw there were other options like concrete or pavers. With a new driveway I was sweeping it out every other day before Should I drywall my garage?
There are several good reasons why you should drywall your garage. Other frequently asked questions: Can you drywall an unheated garage? How to drywall your garage step-by-step At this point in the process, you should already have your garage wall framed with pressure-treated lumber and insulated. Where the drywall meets the floor There needs to be a small gap where the drywall meets the floor. The object is to make as few cuts as possible and make them in inconspicuous places.
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